BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Laquon Treadwell became the first Ole Miss football player in program history to be named Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year when the league announced its individual award winners on Wednesday, as voted on by the SEC coaches. A 6-foot-3, 215-pound wide receiver from Crete, Ill., Treadwell exploded onto the college scene […]
Hundreds, including an emotional Clarence Weatherspoon speaking from his heart, paid tribute to Hall of Famer M.K. Turk Tuesday in Hattiesburg. The 43-year-old Weatherspoon, tears rolling down his face, spoke eloquently of the respect he and other players had for Turk, who created a family type atmosphere for Southern Miss basketball. Turk, the winning-est coach […]
The following piece was written in 2010, 40 years after Tom Dempsey kicked a 63-yard field goal that was a record that stood until Sunday. I am not a physicist but I can tell you there is no comparison between the kick Dempsey made all those years ago and the kick Matt Prater made yesterday. […]
Here’s what people are saying about M.K. Turk, the great USM coach and Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer who died today at the age of 71. Quotes are provided by USM Media Relations Dept.: Dr. Rodney Bennett, Southern Miss President “Today, The University of Southern Mississippi mourns the loss of a great Golden Eagle, […]
M.K. Turk, the winningest men’s coach in Southern Miss basketball history and a 2005 inductee into your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, died today after a prolonged illness. He was 71. He was a great coach, a great friend. This is the column I wrote about M.K. in 2001 when USM and the City […]
Boo Ferriss turns 92 today. Happy birthday, Coach! A couple months, I was invited to Starkville to speak at a Kappa Sigma event honoring Coach at Mississippi State’s homecoming. What follows is much of my speech… It’s great to be here at Mississippi State and it’s always an honor to be in the presence of […]
No matter whom you pull for, you have to smile about the way things worked out where the 18th C Spire Conerly Trophy and the first Hull Trophy are concerned. The Hull Trophy was instituted for two reasons: 1) to honor a great Mississippian, Kent Hull; 2) and because offensive linemen never get the recognition […]
The Seattle Seahawks took the New Orleans Saints behind the proverbial woodshed Monday night, trouncing the Saints 34-7 in a game that was every bit as one-sided as the score would indicate. Russell WIlson out-Drewed the great Brees. And the Seattle defense, led by ex-Mississippi State linebacker K.J. Wright, stoned the Saints offense. Whether in […]
